my $x05 = sprintf "\x05"; # hex 05 as a raw character for ver test.

for ( ; my $paddr = accept( CLIENT, SERVER ); close CLIENT ) {

    my ( $ver, $nm, $methods ) = ();

    recv( CLIENT, $ver, 1, 0 );
    recv( CLIENT, $nm,  1, 0 );

    if ( $ver eq $x05 && $nm ) {
        print "Okay, getting $nm methods\n";
        recv( CLIENT, $methods, $nm, 0 );
    }

}